Dictionary

armlet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑɹmlət/ (US)
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• /ˈɑːmlət/ (UK)

Etymology

From arm + -let. Compare frontlet.

Meanings

1. A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes.
   • The men wear their frizzly hair gathered into a flat circular knot over the left temple, which has a very knowing look, and in their ears cylinders of wood as thick as one's finger, and coloured red at the ends. Armlets and anklets of woven grass or of silver, with necklaces of beads or of small fruits, complete their attire. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 79:
   • Her little chambers drip with flower-like red, Her girdles, and the chaplets of her head, Her armlets and her anklets; with her feet She tramples all that winepress of the dead. 1862-1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Laus Veneris:
2. A small arm.
   • an armlet of the sea

Forms

Coordinates

necklet · bracelet · kneelet · wristlet · anklet · leglet

Synonyms

armring

Translations (34)

fa بازوبند (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · hi वलय (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sh brazlèta (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · fr brassard (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · ar مِعْضَد (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sh бразлѐта (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · az qolçaq (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sa वलय (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · de Armreif (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · ru нарука́вник (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sh brazlètna (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · wyi berbert (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · ar دُمْلُوج (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · egy a:D-n:t-W10 (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sh на̀руквица (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sh брачо̀лет (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sh bračòlet (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · hu karperec (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sh бразлѐтна (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · ru брасле́т (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · hi अंगद (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · io brakiumo (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · ro brățară (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · es carcax (karkash) (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · de Armbinde (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · hu karkötő (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · fi käsivarsinauha (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · cmn 臂釧 /臂钏 (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · it braccialetto (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · el περιβραχιόνιο (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · mr बाजुबंद (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sh nàrukvica (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · sa अंगद, अङ्गद (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes) · pl bransoleta na ramię (A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes)